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McDonald’s blames rat sighting in Thailand on local sewers

April 8, 2016April 6, 2016

Online video shows large rat scurrying around dessert counter at McDonald’s restaurant in Thailand

Passengers left bleeding from noses and mouths after ‘engine failure’ sends Orient Thai Airlines plane into dramatic plunge

March 17, 2016May 2, 2015

Terrified passengers began to ‘bleed from their noses and mouths’ after a plane suffered an engine failure and suddenly plunged in the skies over China, according to reports.

British man wanted by Thai murder cops after bar girl found chopped into pieces in suitcase

March 17, 2016April 30, 2015

Shane Looker is thought to have fled the country to Malaysia where police believe he was then trying to make his way to Ibiza.

Worker crushed in meat grinder at pet food factory in Thailand

March 17, 2016April 30, 2015

A migrant worker from Myanmar was killed after he slipped into a meat grinder at a pet food factory in Thailand, police said on Wednesday.

Concern rises as photos of jam packed Maya Bay with influx of Chinese tourists exposed

March 17, 2016March 21, 2015

The influx of Chinese tourists to Maya Bay, the main tourist attraction of Phi Phi archipelago in the Andaman Sea, and the scene of the Hollywood film “The Beach” in 1999 is now causing serious concern of its natural charm and beauty among environmentalists and Thai people if no preservation action is taken by authorities.

ThaiMiniCult’s newest puritan crusade targets underboob selfies

December 17, 2023March 19, 2015

Thailand’s overzealous cultural watchdogs made international headlines again this week, and as usual for entirely the wrong reasons.

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